Predicting the Next Middle East Corporate Landscape

Verifying the development of AI in the area, a report released by PwC earlier this month said that the usage of AI among the labor force in the Middle East continues to increase, with 75 percent of workers in the area utilizing it in their jobs over the previous 12 months.

In November, a report released by KPMG highlighted Saudi Arabia's progress in the innovation sector and stated that 84 percent of CEOs in the country are ready to deploy AI properly, well above the 76 percent worldwide benchmark, supported by the Kingdom's information governance community, consisting of national efforts led by the Saudi Data and Expert System Authority.

Policymakers are thinking holistically about how to make the region attractive, including having more practical laws to enable for experimentation and growth," said the report.

Leading service leaders, policymakers and financiers from the GCC and Latin America recently explored how nations from the 2 regions can grow trade between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 regional and worldwide policymakers, presidents, CEOs, business leaders, investors, and industry professionals attended the first Global Service Online forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

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In 2015 the GCC made up of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, imported $11 billion worth of items from Latin America. And exports to Latin America from the region were $5.6 billion, a statement from organisers stated. Both regions count on each other for essential items.

In 2015 Latin America provided nearly half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 per cent of the area's total sugar imports, it included. Brazil is by far the biggest trading partner for countries in the region, followed by Argentina and Mexico. Amongst the Latin American states, the GCC depends on Brazil for meat (primarily poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for cars and Chile for wood products, stated a statement.

The online forum was arranged by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the theme "Moving Synergies", explores how organizations can gain from the altering patterns of international demand and what function Dubai can play in assisting in the next step in organization relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not only in the UAE and in the GCC but globally too, by acting as a details and research study centre, by supplying business documents, providing legal services, assisting in networking opportunities by means of signature business events and providing almost every conceivable organization service, it stated.

GCC growth will strengthen in 2026, led by faster growth in hydrocarbons; non-oil development will remain strong however sluggish somewhat. Non-oil activity will be supported by population development, brand-new markets, and public financial investment; inflation will stay soft, while monetary policy will loosen. Hydrocarbons sector development will speed up, balancing out in part lower oil prices; fiscal balances will be mixed, with surpluses in UAE and Qatar, but deficits continue somewhere else.

Emerging Strategic Shifts Defining the 2026 Regional Market

SHARJAH (WAM) The GCC and larger Middle East region is poised for the next wave of investments in AI and tech-led sectors, with business-friendly and innovation-focused federal government policies attracting funds and skill, stated service leaders at the 9th edition of Sharjah Entrepreneurial Celebration (SEF 2026). During a panel conversation on the first day of SEF 2026 taking a look at "What Does the Next Year of Venture Capital Appear Like", speakers agreed that the emerging regional financial investment landscape appears appealing.

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Reacting to a question on regional startups' prospects of benefiting from recent financial investments in digital facilities, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Managing Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have a lot choosing us in the area: the low cost of energy, a really progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, regulation and information privacy; and really strong academic organizations that are significantly looking at AI and turning out technical talent in AI."She added: "Our supreme objective is to see this area, particularly the GCC, end up being an AI superpower.

Our biggest motorist today is investing in talent, due to the fact that in the AI race, it's the technical talent that really wins."Focusing on the attractiveness of the region for investors, Christos Mastoras, Founder and Managing Partner of Iliad Partners, said: "I believe we are extremely lucky to onboard the 3 largest banks of Greece as LPs [Limited Partners] for financial investment in the region.

"International growth funds are can be found in, which reveals clear signs of maturity of the community The capability of the UAE and regional federal governments to attract talent; their innovation-first approach, abundance of capital here as well as inflow internationally are the key foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Financial Investment Officer at Injaz Capital stated that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the variety of handle the greatest worths, with 250 "largest ticket size" offers taped in 2025 in the nation.